I’ve been walking down the river with my friends
baptizin people and
washin way their sins
Speaking Aramaic and shoutin real Loud
Bringin God’s word to the Hebrew Crowd
Eatin Those locusts and livin the dream
wash em down with honey cause it makes em sweet
Hangin by the Jordan and waitin all day
For repentant people just to come my way
John, John, John, people call me john.
John, John, John, people call me john.
I ain’t got no Gucci, got a camel hair coat
Smellin like the armpit of a mountain goat
Hair real long and my beard out to here
People call me John and I I’m a mighty seer
John, John, John. People call me John
John, John, John. People call me John
Mamma said an angel came and said I’d come
Jumped at the visit of the HOLY ONE!
Daddy couldn’t talk until the day I came
Had to write down that JOHN IS my NAME
Grew up in the desert near the old dead sea
Livin life strict like it has to be
Dancin to the beat of the Essene crowd,
Gotta keep goin, gotta make God proud.
John, John, John. People call me John
John, John, John. People call me John
Standin all day in the hot, hot sun
Waitin for a visit from the Promised One.
if you’re not here then you just might miss
This Voice crying out in the wilderness!
Come to me, people call me John
See the Lamb of God, you can call me John.
make his highways straight, people call me john,
before it gets too late. you can call me john.
Said a few words to the king’s new wife,
put me in prison, gonna take my life.
chillin down here in a cold dark cell,
gotta keep goin, gotta break this spell.
if you didn’t hear I’m the best there was,
But I can’t hold a candle to my Holy Cuz!
Better not fret, better make things right.
Soon I’m gonna leave, gonna go to the light!
Come to me, people call me John
See the Lamb of God, you can call me John.
make his highways straight, people call me john,
before it gets too late. you can call me john.
AlanCummins
